THE REGIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF GHANA, LEGON, ACCRA Call for Abstracts for the 6th International Climate Change and Population Conference on Africa (CCPOP-Ghana2018) under the Theme: “The Future We Do Not Want” Date: 23rd – 25th July, 2018 Venue: Accra, GHANA Background Climatic hazards are increasingly becoming common features of society globally amidst heightened demographic and social change, as… Read more →
FARMERS’ TRAINING PROGRAMME School of Agriculture College of Basic & Applied Sciences Leventis Foundation/University of Ghana Invites prospective and practising small-scale farmers to apply for the 2018 10-month training programme in sustainable agriculture. The training is essentially experiential and hands-on designed to empower young and energetic Ghanaians to pursue farming as a business to enhance the growth of the food… Read more →
My attention was drawn to a news item aired on the radio on the 2nd of December, 2015 about an issue which sounded very alarming to the Ghanaian Agricultural Sector and the ecosystem as a whole. In an article first reported by the Ghana News Agency; rice farmers in and around Ho, the Volta Regional Capital were lamenting over “poor… Read more →